Modifying certain election requirements and procedures; eliminating +postmasters from the list for inclusion by the secretary of state in the +legislative manual, reducing the number of copies to be printed and distributed +and the number to be made available to legislators and adding county +recorders and attorneys to the distribution list; requiring certain multimember +state agency data to be provided to the secretary of state in electronic format +and expanding the required data to electronic mail addresses, requiring +publication of the data including member vacancies on the web site of the +secretary of state in lieu of publication in the state register; school district +referendum notices not to be considered official ballots; authorizing the +acceptance of current student identification cards for election day voter +registration purposes; registration cards without telephone numbers not to be +considered deficient; modifying certain requirements for drivers license or +identification card voter registration application procedures; eliminating the +requirement for late absentee ballots to be considered votes for registration +continuation purposes and requiring registration of inactive registrants; +increasing the county auditor retention period for prescribed polling place rosters;+ providing the language for roster certification of residence; modifying the +requirement for county auditor offices to remain open before elections to accept +absentee ballot applications and imposing the requirements on the offices of +city or town clerks; granting the secretary of state the authority to +designate alternative methods for handling absentee ballots during declared +national or state emergencies; establishing procedures for the formation of +absentee ballot boards in counties without counting centers; clarifying certain +nominating petition requirements; modifying the time limit for candidate +requests for the counting of write in votes; expanding the qualification requirements +for combined polling places in contiguous precincts; clarifying the +inclusion of school district elections and referenda under the time limit for +designation of new polling places; eliminating the requirement for voting booths to +be provided with a door or curtains; modifying certain election judge qualification requirements; qualifying home schooled students for +service as trainee election judges and eliminating the requirement for high +school students completion of or enrollment in a government course; +modifying the date for preparation of eligible election judge lists; classifying +election judge names and party designations as public data, requiring availability +to the public upon request; prohibiting the counting of trainee election +judges toward the minimum required number of election judges; eliminating the +requirement for the printing of lines for the initials of election judges on the +backs of official ballots; modifying the procedure for the provision of +official supplemental ballots to absentee or requesting voters; authorizing +county auditors or municipal clerks by written authorization to permit news +media representatives to enter polling places for a limited period of time +to observe the voting process, restrictions; modifying the procedure for +successful challenges to voter eligibility; prohibiting use of the absence of +election judge initials on ballots to disqualify the ballots under certain +conditions; declaring the scope of and modifying the procedure for automatic +recounts, requiring payment for ballot question recount expenses by the local +government unit placing the question on the ballot and clarifying the procedure +for recounting by precinct; requiring the secretary of state to supply +county auditors with copies of example supplemental ballots and county +auditors to distribute copies to municipal and school district clerks before the +election; eliminating the authority of county auditors to issue certificates of legislative special elections; requiring candidates for town +supervisor to designate the specific seat sought in multiple seat elections; +extending the time limit for municipal or school district clerk election notices to+ county auditors and requiring county auditor notice to the secretary of +state; clarifying certain canvassing requirements and transferring certain +governing body or municipal clerk canvassing duties to canvassing boards; +granting the secretary of state the authority to require experimental use of +electronic voting systems; clarifying the procedure for withdrawal of +resignation from office; authorizing the consideration of ballot questions at annual +town meetings; requiring town treasurers to perform certain election +duties of town clerks under certain conditions; clarifying certain petition +signature requirements to initiate proceedings for the consolidation of +municipalities (ra)